2. line, a series of relations in various degrees, all descending from the same common father;

3. aline (in writing, printing, engraving);

4. line, the twelfth part of an inch;

5. line, line of battle, disposition of an army. — di riserva,the reserve, line of reserve. — della mira,line of sight. — del tiro, line of direction, line in which motion is communicated. — di communicazione, road by which an army communicates with its reserve, provisions, military stores, &c. — difendente, line of defence. — d'acqua, the water line. — d'acqua caricata,the load water line. — di scandaglio, the lead line.

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linea

linea: any kinde of line, streake or draught in generall, a Carpenters or Gardners line, a sounding plummet, an angling or fish-line. Among Mathematicians it is a line without breadth or thicknesse. Also a degree or line in bloud or kindred.